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United States: Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

5.50per 1,000 live births · 2024-5.2% since 2014

Probability of dying between birth and age 1 per 1,000 live births. Annual figures for United States from 1949 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 live births)Note
20245.5
20235.5
20225.5
20215.5
20205.5
20195.5
20185.6
20175.6
20165.7
20155.8
20145.8
20135.9
20126
20116.1
20106.2
20096.4
20086.5
20076.6
20066.7
20056.8
20046.8
20036.9
20027
20017
20007.1
19997.2
19987.3
19977.5
19967.7
19957.9
19948.2
19938.5
19928.8
19919.1
19909.4
19899.7
19889.9
198710.1
198610.4
198510.6
198410.9
198311.2
198211.6
198112.1
198012.6
197913.1
197813.8
197714.4
197615.2
197515.9
197416.7
197317.5
197218.3
197119.1
197019.9
196920.7
196821.4
196722.1
196622.7
196523.3
196423.9
196324.4
196225
196125.5
196025.9
195926.4
195826.9
195727.3
195627.9
195528.4
195429.1
195329.9
195230.7
195131.5
195032.3
194933.2

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Health Organization (2026). Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-infant-mortality (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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